General unsure why every workplace he visits is suspiciously tidy
PATCH BARRACKS, Germany — Having recently toured several major military installations, the Supreme Allied Commander and head of US European Command Gen. Curtis Scaparotti expressed bewilderment at the exquisite tidiness of every work-center he has visited.
"The realization hit me on the way back from Ramstein," Scaparotti was overheard telling his enlisted aide. "There has to be a pattern here."
According to sources, the head of EUCOM appeared "baffled" at how every time he went into a building or office to greet the assigned personnel, their areas were spic-and-span.
"I walked into Tod's office the other day to say hi; he was practically standing at 'attention' when he shook my hand," Scaparotti said of the USAFE-AFAFRICA commander, Gen. Tod Wolters. "And his desk was immaculate — not an out-of-place pen or sticky-note to speak of. That's not counting the dozens of other commissioned and enlisted personnel I said hi to whose work-centers were spotless.
"I'm starting to think they planned…
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